For the leader of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, opening a facility dedicated specifically to young patients has been on the distant horizon, but that horizon suddenly seems much closer.
Bert Nash CEO Patrick Schmitz said such a goal, until recently, seemed anywhere from five to eight years from fruition. But that all changed over the past year, thanks in part to an unexpected property acquisition. ...
Now that the site selection process for a new bus station in downtown Lawrence is officially underway, Lawrence leaders could next week approve the framework for the 12-member steering committee responsible for guiding the project through its planning phase.
At the first Lawrence City Commission meeting of 2024, commissioners will hear a presentation on the draft site selection and public outreach plan for the ...
Construction work on a $250,000 expansion project at Centennial Skate Park is nearing completion, and skaters likely won’t have to wait long after the start of the new year to break it in.
Parks and Recreation assistant director Mark Hecker told the Journal-World Thursday that construction at the park had gone smoothly since it began in mid-November. At that time, the city anticipated that the addition would ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has identified the individual found dead in the Kansas River last week.
On Friday, George Diepenbrock, a spokesperson with the Sheriff’s Office, said the office had identified Melinda Sue McCluskey, 57, as the person found deceased in the river on Dec. 21. Diepenbrock said that McCluskey’s last known address was in rural Edgerton, and detectives worked with the ...
Lawrence’s transit office has released an operations plan for its new Central Station at 2315 Bob Billings Parkway, and it details amenities at the new space and a code of conduct that can result in suspensions or even an indefinite ban from the property and all city buses and bus stops depending on the behavior.
Lawrence Transit shared that plan via a news release Thursday, ahead of its opening day on ...
Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission last week unanimously approved the demolition of the building at 815 New Hampshire St., which was destroyed by a fire earlier this month, but when it might come down remains an open question.
The approval comes in the aftermath of an overnight fire that started late on Dec. 13 and ultimately destroyed the property, which has been home to downtown Lawrence restaurant ...
